Today's News

The house Latasha Stanley and her family recently moved into once had smoke detectors.

She can tell by the places on the wall that were once used to hold the detectors. When the previous residents moved, so did the smoke detectors.

Because of a grant shared by the Grissettown-Longwood Fire Department and the Sunset Beach Fire Department, Stanley can now rest easy, as she received smoke detectors and important fire safety information Monday afternoon.

With the holidays just around the bend, Brunswick Family Assistance is busy compiling its seasonal list of families in need.

“We did probably close to 100 walk-ins today,” Lora Freeman, assistant program manager for BFA headquartered in Shallotte, said Monday, the last day for residents to sign on for the nonprofit’s Christmas list.

She was referring to the number of additional people signing on for the nonprofit’s Christmas list. Last Friday was the last day for appointments.

Did you know the color pearl represents lung cancer awareness or that November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month?

Neither did Joan Bourguignon until she became a lung cancer survivor.

“You never really learn about these things until you become a part of it,” Bourguignon said.

While not alone in being a lung cancer survivor of more than five years, she is in the minority. According to research results published by Lung Cancer Alliance, the overall 5-year survival rate for lung cancer is 15 percent.

Retirement didn’t stop Bolivia resident Thelma C. Fullwood from putting her years of knowledge to work.

After teaching in the Brunswick County School System for 25 years and another six in Virginia, Fullwood retired. After doing some thinking, she recognized a need in young adult literature and decided to tackle the issue.

A group of Bolivia residents speaking out at Monday’s county commissioners meeting made it clear they don’t want the current construction and demolition landfill expanding into what they say are their back yards, either.

Experts claim it’s the most traveled day in the entire 365. If you’re among those who choose to take a plane ride next week, be prepared for a little longer wait time than you’re used to.

They say for domestic flights, arrive at the airport an hour and a half early. But in case you haven’t heard, there’s a “national protest day” taking place that might extend those security lines a little longer than usual.

That’s what N.C. House Rep. Frank Iler, R-Brunswick, told “No Port Southport” he thinks of the placement of the proposed N.C. State Ports Authority’s N.C. International Terminal (NCIT) in the state’s 2010 budget bill.

He said last summer the House of Representatives was asked to vote on the budget. As he scanned the document, he looked for appropriations for the NCIT project and the feasibility study by the Army Corps of Engineers.